"Who is the general commanding the troops? How many troops and horses are there?"
As soon as he heard the battle report from Ma Yan, Yuan Shang immediately jumped up and looked at him.
After being at ease for so long, he almost forgot that this was a battlefield. When he suddenly heard the news, Yuan Shang's heart immediately rose.
"The Lieutenant General's flag is carrying the word 'Xu', and he must be Zhao Yun's deputy general Xu Sheng. As for the number of troops and horses, judging from the square formation, there are about three thousand." When he said this, Ma Yan I was a little suspicious myself.
"Xu Sheng?"
Yuan Shang breathed a sigh of relief. The former garrison captain of Guangling City had fought with Zhang Liao. This information had been collected by the Yuan family long ago. "Although there are only a thousand permanent garrison troops in Wucheng, Lin Moruo really wants to Take it, even if Lu Bu doesn't come in person, he should send Zhao Yun. He obviously wants to induce me to send reinforcements, so he can ambush me halfway!
Xu Sheng? "
Yuan Shang smiled contemptuously and shook his head disdainfully, "What is Xu Sheng?"
Compared with Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang can only be regarded as a fool when it comes to fighting, but he has read some military books, and he is not blind to the simple encirclement and reinforcement.
What's more, Lin Mo's encirclement and reinforcements are too frivolous. You sent Zhao Yun or Xu Sheng. Are you afraid that I don't know this is a trap?
Yuan Shang, who consciously saw through Lin Mo's intentions, quickly relaxed.
I even thought Lin Mo was a bit ridiculous. He had been here in Xiajin for a long time. He didn't take action for so long. He might have been holding back some serious moves, but that's all.
"Lord, don't be careless. Lin Mo's move may seem ordinary, but in fact he is mobilizing our army. Wucheng is on the flank of our army. Three thousand soldiers and horses would not dare to stroke the tiger's beard. Moreover, he sent an unknown Xu Sheng. I feel that my lord’s judgment is correct, I am afraid that Zhao Yun may be hiding on our rescue route and take advantage of the situation to ambush us.”
Shen Pei frowned, twirling his beard and analyzed: "Of course, this is a must to attack the enemy, because if the lord abandons it, other counties will think that the lord will not rescue him once they are surrounded, and they will start to attack one after another. The city surrendered.
Therefore, even if we know it is a trick, we must respond. "
After hearing what the judge said, Yuan Shang started to look seriously. Really, this move seems ordinary, but you still have to follow the direction of the trap he dug, which is a bit tricky.
"According to Sir's judgment, what should our army do?" Yuan Shang thought for a while and felt that he had no idea what to do, so he could only rely on his think tank.
It seems that Shen Pei has been thinking about how to deal with this battle report since he heard it.
For a moment, he raised his eyebrows, turned quickly and said excitedly: "Lord, let's think about it a little deeper. Xu Sheng's attack on Wucheng must be a feint attack. The purpose is to induce the lord to send troops to rescue, so who will be the one to come to the rescue? What? How many troops and horses are needed?"
Yuan Shang glanced at him, hesitated for a moment and analyzed: "That must be Zhao Yun. He is the most famous in Luying now. As for the soldiers and horses, three thousand soldiers attacked the city. If I want to rescue, I will need at least three thousand people."
Although there are many places where ambushes can be set up along the way, there are no natural dangers. Therefore, Zhao Yun should bring at least 3,000 troops to defeat our army. "
After saying that, Yuan Shang glanced at Shen Pei and met his approval gaze. Knowing that his judgment was correct, he further said: "In other words, if there is a rescue in this battle, we will face at least 6,000 Lu troops. Could it be that Sir, you want to imitate Lin Mo Anfeng’s first battle and send an army to rescue first, and then another reinforcement after the reinforcement to defeat the enemy?"
Before the judge could express his opinion, Yuan Shang shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, this is too aggressive. This is all speculation. What if Lu Jun ambush more than 6,000 people? If I don't have enough people, can I defeat him? There are too many people. How can we evacuate once we are trapped? No, no, no."
Yuan Shang's own opinions were rejected by himself.
The judge was stunned for a moment, then immediately stepped forward and said: "My lord is very worried, but one thing will not change, that is, there will be an ambush by Lu Jun along the way."
"This is natural." Yuan Shang frowned and looked at Shen Pei, not knowing what he wanted to explain.
"In other words, Lu Jun transferred all his elite and fierce generals out of his main camp."
"Sir, you want to sneak attack Lu Ying!" Yuan Shang's eyes suddenly opened, as if he had solved the key mystery, he stood up excitedly.
Lu Bu's vanguard camp was about fifty miles away from him, and Yuan Tan's main camp was placed nearly twenty miles behind Lu Camp to serve as a defensive guard for the Chinese army.
Once the sneak attack is successful, even if he goes to Yuan Tan to ask for help, it will still take time to prepare his equipment for battle. When he comes to rescue, the day lily will be cold.
"That's right. If our army sends elite troops to surprise Lu Ying, not only can the siege of Wucheng be solved immediately, but the Lu army can also be severely damaged!" Shen Pei revealed a secretive smile.
Yuan Shang did not take advantage of this energy and slapped his thigh to agree to the plan. He thought for a moment and sat down again. "Sir, Lin Mo is full of tricks. Is it possible that he just wants to lure our army to rob the camp?"
"My lord is overly worried. If, as my lord suspects, our army does not attack the camp but goes to the rescue, then Xu Sheng will be in extreme danger. Lin Mojian will not use troops like this." At this moment, Shen Pei was at the scene. Yuan Shang saw Yuan Shao's figure in his body, with more plans and less decisions.
"Let me think twice." Yuan Shang was very embarrassed. In his opinion, there might be an ambush at the place where he went to rescue, and there might also be an ambush in the camp. It would be difficult to deal with such a smart person like Lin Mo.
But in fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that this is impossible. Lin Mo only has 20,000 people. It is impossible for the 20,000 troops to be all elite. Those who can send out an ambush must be the most elite troops. It is absolutely impossible to set up an ambush on both sides at the same time. .
With his small number of soldiers and horses, it is not easy to ambush him in one place.
After all, Yuan Shang didn't want to start a war in his heart. He was a little dissatisfied and complained, "Why are you making such a fuss? Can't we live in peace and harmony as before?"
"Yongzhu, what's so hard to learn?" Xu You cursed secretly in his heart.
The master is a mediocre master and the minister is a stupid minister. It is obvious that it is easy to break the situation. Is all that is in your mind as a judge?
It seems that we really can't stay in this ghost place anymore, but Lin Mo is not a good idea. He clearly gave him a secret message and arranged loopholes, but he didn't dare to make a sneak attack and missed the opportunity.
Xu You felt that his life was too miserable. He was just collaborating with a group of mediocre fools. The most painful thing in the world was this.
"My lord, time waits for us not. Our troops, horses and food are stronger than Yuan Tan Lu Bu's. Don't encourage Lin Mo's arrogance in your heart. He is not as powerful as my lord imagined." Seeing Yuan Shang's hesitation, Shen Piao became a little impatient. .
But this kind of impatience seems to Yuan Shang to be a bit disrespectful. The person in front of you now is the Lord of the North Kingdom, not the young man who took the throne before. Put away your instructive demeanor.
He glanced at Shen Pei displeasedly, then deliberately turned to look at Xu You, making a serious appearance.
"Mr. Xu, does he have any good strategy to defeat the enemy?"
Originally, he didn't want to get involved in this matter, thinking that he had the leverage in Lin Mo's hands after all.
Moreover, this mediocre master understood the essence of his father's hesitation, and he might not listen even if he said it.
But then I thought about it, it was good to let Lin Mo suffer. At the last moment, I would try to turn the tide, so that even if I ended up in Lu Ying, my status would be higher.
"I have two strategies to defeat the enemy." Xu You said humbly.
"Oh? Sir, since you have a good strategy to defeat the enemy, why don't you tell him quickly." Yuan Shang stood up directly and walked to Xu You, looking at him hopefully.
Shen Pei held his hands in front of him, his eyes were half-squinted, and he was a little unhappy, but he was still willing to listen to Xu You's opinions.
"My lord, I have the same concerns as my lord. There must be an ambush in Wucheng. This camp may also be Lin Mo's trap. After all, although he doesn't have many soldiers, there is Yuan Tan behind him."
Listen, even Xu You thought the same as me. Yuan Shang glanced at Shen Pei proudly.
"So I suggest that we send a cavalry force to attack the border village of Lu Ying at night, but we can't go deep into it. We just need to make the momentum bigger. In this way, if there is an ambush in Lu Ying, our army will not fall into the trap.
If there is no ambush in Lu Ying and it is indeed empty, then Lin Mo will definitely send a fast horse to recall Zhao Yun urgently, and we can intercept him halfway. After all, when he comes back from Wucheng, he must take the Qingshui River and cross Wudaolin."
Before he finished speaking, Yuan Shang was already holding Xu You's hand excitedly, "Wonderful, this plan is very clever!"
This style of play will not risk putting the army in danger like Shenpei did. At the same time, it is also very likely to catch Zhao Yun who is returning for reinforcements by surprise and relieve the siege of Wucheng by the way.
If Lin Mo really dared to take risks and sent only three thousand troops to pretend to attack Wucheng and set up an ambush in the camp, then it would be absolutely safe to wait for dawn before going to the rescue.
How wonderful it is to strike a chord and frighten the snake, to build plank roads openly and covertly to protect Chen Cang!
This is the strategy of our northern heroes to bring peace and stability to our country!
Even the judge sighed and had to say that this move was indeed safer than his own method.
He could easily disintegrate Lin Mo's plan to gather reinforcements. No matter where his ambush troops were, they would all be defeated in the end.
"Okay, I'll act according to Sir's plan!" Yuan Shang swung his cloak and strode to the handsome chair. After sitting down, his eyes were firmer than ever before.
Shen Pei said nothing more because he was also very convinced of Xu You's arrangement.
On the contrary, Xu You felt a little uncomfortable. No, Master Yong, please ask me for my second plan. My second plan can kill Yuan Tan.
Yuan Shang didn't ask, so he simply held back and said nothing, but he felt very aggrieved. A master like this really just helped him to see what Yuan Tan could do.
Yuan Shang arranged the combat mission. Of course, Zhang Jie, the captain of Shesheng, was sent to attack the camp at night. He was the vanguard deputy general this time. He led two thousand cavalry to attack the border camp. As long as they did not go deep into the camp, there would be no big problems. The goal was to capture the formation. Just make the battle big enough to have the effect of knocking down the mountain and shaking the tiger.
As for the person sent to Wudaolin to ambush and intercept Zhao Yun's army, he must be the most valiant vanguard general Ma Yan.
And there can't be too few people going, three thousand cavalry, plus three thousand crossbowmen. After all, Zhao Yun's reputation is not just blown away.
If Zhao Yun can be captured and killed in this battle.
Yuan Shang smiled at the corner of his mouth, Lu Ying must be in a state of unrest.
He could still clearly remember how exaggerated the turmoil in the Northern Kingdom was after Yan Liang was captured.
Today's Zhao Yun's momentum in Lu Ying will not be weaker than that of Yan Liang back then.
Finally, he did not forget to send a fast horse to Wucheng and let the county magistrate strictly guard the city. Lu Jun would not dare to attack the city. He would be able to break the siege of Wucheng in just one day.
After everything was properly deployed, everyone began to retreat. Those who had received the mission naturally ordered troops, and those who had no mission strengthened the defense of the camp.
"Ziyuan, what is your second plan?" Yuan Shang exposed the matter, but Shen Pei did not.
In fact, he sincerely wanted to assist Yuan Shang, not just for his own benefit and that of his family.
Naturally, I pay more attention to these details.
But he is not Yuan Shang after all. How could Xu You tell him his clever plan? "Actually, it's almost the same. As long as the lord can defeat the enemy."
Xu You smiled and said something harmless.
"Ziyuan, although you and I were not close in the past, we never had any enmity. I hope that you and I can work together to protect our lord's great cause, and don't worry too much." Shen Pei said in a serious tone, which sounded like some Subdued.
"Brother Zhengnan, what are you talking about? This is natural. Brother, don't worry. If the battle does not go well, I will definitely not stand idly by." After Xu You finished speaking, he handed over and left.
Shen Pei was a little helpless. He still knew that Xu You was thinking of making meritorious deeds. If he couldn't make a promise to him, it was really impossible to get a plan to defeat the enemy from him.
After sighing, he put his hands behind his back, shook his head and left.
On the front line, Xu Sheng led his people to march all the way north. He marched in broad daylight, hunting with flags, and holding an open attack attitude.
He also knew that his trip was to allow Lin Mo's plan to succeed, but after all, he was leading an army alone, so he had some thoughts in mind.
If General Zhang came to fight this battle, how would he fight it?
He often taught me that the true and false are true and correct, and that the most valuable thing about using military force is not to follow the rules.
So, what is the norm?
Everyone could see that this swaggering attack was a feint to attract enemy troops, so the normal approach must be to hold on to the city, because he was sure that he would not attack.
If you don't follow the rules, it will look like a feint attack, but in fact it will be a massive attack, and you will launch a general attack in one go, and even take the lead in attacking first. This will definitely catch the defenders of Wucheng off guard.
Well, that should be it, right?
He felt that if Zhang Liao was using troops, this would probably be the case. After thinking about it, he immediately ordered the military commander beside him, "Immediately lead all the cavalry on a rapid march outside Wucheng to repair the ladders. The army must build twenty pairs of ladders by then." !”
The material of the ladder is simple, just bamboo or trees. As for the silver hooks used for fixation, I will bring some with me on these expeditions.
"Here!" the military lord responded, leading the cavalry and starting to run wildly.
We are still fifty miles away from Wucheng. It should be dark by the time the infantry arrives, but it doesn't matter. As we are attacking the city, we will definitely need a night's rest.
Xu Sheng was swaying on his horse, but his belief in his heart was still very firm.
Even Lin Mo said that he has the right to make his own decisions, and with Zhang Liao's guidance, this wave is stable!
(End of chapter)
